One day after one of the deadliest shootings in US history took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, a white racist hate group is claiming the shooter as one of their own.
The leader of the group, Jordan Jereb says that Nikolas Cruz was a member and received training through paramilitary drills in Tallahassee.
Jereb told the Associated Press that they want to make Florida “its own white ethno-state” and that the group holds “spontaneous random demonstrations” and tries not to participate in the modern world.
While taking credit for the 19-year old’s training, Jereb says that he does not know Cruz personally and suggests that the timing of the shooting can be attributed to Cruz having “trouble with a girl”.